Võro:Cases
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Võro / Voru |
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| Finno-Ugric | South Estonian |  Estonia: Võrumaa |
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Võro is a language which declines its nouns into 13 cases. (A further three cases also exist which are rarely used in Võro). The cases have many uses often showing direction. The majority of the cases, like Estonian, are built off the Genitive of the noun.
Table of Cases
| Case | Declensions | ||||
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| Suffix | Singular | Plural | |||
| Examples | Examples | ||||
| Nominative | - | külä | hammas | küläq | hambaq |
| Genitive | ~1 | külä | `hamba | külli | `hambidõ (hammastõ) |
| Partitive | ~1 | küllä | hammast | külli | `hambit |
| Illative | -he3 | `küllä | `hambahe | `küllihe | `hambihe (hammastõhe) |
| Inessive | ~n | külän | `hamban | külin | `hambin (hammastõn) |
| Elative | -st | küläs | `hambast | külist | `hambist (hammastõst) |
| Allative | -le or -lõ2 | küläle | `hambalõ | külile | `hambilõ (hammastõlõ) |
| Adessive | -l | küläl | `hambal | külil | `hambil (hammastõl) |
| Ablative | -lt | külält | `hambalt | külilt | `hambilt (hammastõlt) |
| Translative | -s | küläs | `hambas | külis | `hambis (hammastõs) |
| Terminative | -niq | küläniq | `hambaniq | küliniq | `hambiniq (hammastõniq) |
| Abessive | -ldaq or -ldäq2 | küläldäq | `hambaldaq | külildäq | `hambildaq (hammastõldaq) |
| Comitative | -gaq3 | külägaq | `hambagaq | küligaq | `hambigaq (hammastõgaq) |
- 1: This case's ending varies per noun.
- 2: This depends on Vowel harmony.
- 3: This case is not affected by Vowel harmony.
Unproductive Cases
Võro also has three unproductive cases. These are the Essive case, the Instructive case and the Prolative case. These cases are rarely used today and new words do not have these forms created.
 Võro pages
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| Introduction · Cases · Pronouns · Sounds and Writing · Verbs |
| Finno-Ugric Languages | |
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| Baltic-Finnic | Estonian ·  Finnish ·  Ingrian ·  Karelian ·  Livonian ·  Veps ·  Votic · Võro
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| Permic |  Komi ·  Udmurt
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| Ugric |  Hungarian ·  Khanty ·  Mansi
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| N/A |  Erzya ·  Mari · Moksha
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